On a camping trip, a group of friends line up empty glass beer bottles along a popular walking path and use the bottles as targets while shooting their guns. The next day another camper is walking on the path in thin flip flops and walks over the broken glass, sustaining significant cuts. A week later, on a hot sunny day, the small pieces of glass create a magnifying effect and set the surrounding brush on fire, resulting in the destruction of most of the campground. If the camper that sustained cuts, and the Department of Forestry bring a negligence claim against the group of friends, what will likely result:

Group of answer choices

They will be liable to both parties because they were negligent.

They will only be liable to the Department of Forestry because the camper that sustained cuts assumed the risk of injury walking around in thin flip flops.

They will be liable to the camper that sustained cuts, but not liable to the Department of Forestry because the fire was unforeseeable.

They will not be liable to either party because they lacked the element of intent.

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